Look who came to visit this afternoon.
We have no idea where he came from. As far as we know none of our immediate neighbors have peacocks. This was the best of several pictures that I took. He was running back and forth along the fence trying to get away from me. I was zoomed in all the way. (4X)
This is not the most exotic stray we’ve ever seen in our yard.
UPDATE: I missed the real fun. The Husband just came in to tell me that Three has chased the peacock up a tree.
May 29th, 2010 - 4:20 pm
But quite likely the prettiest.
A peacock broke my cellphone once. True. I was at the San Diego Zoo, where they roam freely, and it leaped down from a branch and landed in front of me. Scared me so I jumped back, fell, and landed hard on the cellphone in my back pocket.
It was fun explaining that to the AT&T guy vis a vis replacement.
May 29th, 2010 - 4:30 pm
Hah! Sometimes it must be fun working for a cell phone company. I bet they hear some good stories.
May 29th, 2010 - 6:52 pm
I get foxes and raccoons but never a peacock. Will he stay or will he go?
May 31st, 2010 - 9:04 am
I would have thought that the peacock would chase the cat up a tree.
May 31st, 2010 - 4:37 pm
Aww! He’s so cute.
It’s funny how I never see birds like that in the big city–outside of a zoo, of course.
May 31st, 2010 - 8:09 pm
Peter,
Yeah, one would think. I asked Three what he had thought he was going to do with the peacock if he caught it but as usual he didn’t answer.
June 1st, 2010 - 8:08 am
Now I want to know what the most “exotic” stray was, if a peacock is not it…
June 1st, 2010 - 8:32 am
Ha. I was wondering if anyone would ask. I didn’t see it myself but a number of years ago my oldest son almost hit an emu with a motorcycle in the woods behind our house.
June 1st, 2010 - 8:47 am
I’ve been told there are “roving bands of emus” in the Oklahoma woods, because people bought them thinking it would be a great investment, and it turned out instead to be kind of a pyramid scheme.
I’m hoping the same thing doesn’t happen with alpacas, the exotic animal du jour, but at least with alpacas there is a sizable market for their wool.